Why???

I have a post of nothing but questions today. Questions about things that don't necessarily matter but that make me ponder.

Like:

1. What's all the hype about skinny jeans? I mean, I don't wear jeans at all and it doesn't really matter. But I've yet to see ONE person that they look good on. I don't care if they're a size 0 or a size 20, they look terrible. And I'm not even going to discuss leggings.



2. These boots? Words surprisingly escape me.

3. Why do people that you work with always feel like they know more than you, even when you're training them?

4. Why is it that just when you're tearfully thanking God that your kids are being so good for you that they go and do something that makes you want to pull your hair out?



5. How do I go to Walmart and get the few things I need and leave when there are millions of things to buy in the store? But then when I go to the Dollar General to grab some cereal and diapers I end up with a buggy full of stuff? Absolutely no logic to that.


6. When I want my kids to go to sleep, they get hyper. When I need them to stay awake, they can't keep their eyes open. What's the deal?



7. Why in the devil can I not pass up the 28 pound mark and move on to 29? I've been here for over a month I think. Probably because my SIL is non-existent anymore and my walking time is limited now. Or it could be the cheesecake in the fridge or the iced animal cookies in the cabinet. Or the breadsticks from Fazoli's.


8. Why does God still love me and lead me and pour out his love and mercy and grace to me.....even when I'm rotten? Even when He must be so ashamed to call me His own??

9. How is it that I am so blessed with the best younguns in the world? And the cutest, if I do say so myself.



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If Not For Grace

I received this awesome devotion from my good friend, Waveline. Love it!

We talked about God-sized dreams yesterday.

About how they are messy, imperfect, glorious and flawed.

Because we are too.

And one phrase kept reverberating through my being...

If not for grace

If not for grace

If not for grace God-sized dreams would never come true.

Because I can tell you from experience...

You will cry at the wrong time.

You will say that awkward thing.

You will forget what to do in that most important moment.

And, God in His stubborness, will carry on with His plan anyway.

You will fail at least once, and probably more.

You will think you are incapable.

And sometimes you will be.

But God, in His audacity, will use you anyway.

You will miss opportunities.

You'll take steps you shouldn't.

You'll walk through the wrong door and shut the right one.

And somehow, inexplicably, God will get you there anyway.

You will be hard to live with sometimes.

You will fall short.

You will forget to stand tall.

And, God, uncaring of what's cool will say, "That one's mine" anyway.

You see, God-sized dreams don't make sense.

Not a bit.

Because they come from the heart of the One whose ways are higher than ours.

They flow from the One who stubbornly believes in grace.

If not for grace...

we wouldn't take a step

because it's grace that paves the road to God-sized dreams.

And we walk it, unworthy, anyway, all the way--

utterly broken

and entirely loved.

:)